Analysts anticipated $2.97 a share in earnings and $840.3 million in revenue.

Revenue from transaction and clearing fees grew 6.3% to $812 million.

The Atlanta-based exchange operator, which bought the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, has been pushing for an overhaul of the US stock market aimed at helping exchanges reclaim their role at the center of trading. Traditional stock exchanges such as the NYSE have seen market shares erode amid new competitors, declining volumes and increased dark pool trading, and ICE has proposed, among other things, that exchanges dramatically cut trading fees if banks let more trading take place on exchanges.

Busier markets have benefited some market players, but exchange operators have posted mixed first-quarter results. Fellow exchange CME Group last week said that its profit jumped 24% as trading volume rose 10% on record option volume, while Nasdaq OMX Group and CBOE Holdings reported profit declines amid lower volume in some trading products.

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In February, ICE said it expected full-year combined data services and listings revenue growth of $100 million. Operating expenses would be cut by $90 million, to a range of $1.34 billion to $1.36 billion, the company said.

The exchange operator also unveiled a 15% quarterly dividend increase Tuesday to 75 cents a share and an expansion of its stock-buyback program to $600 million.